Cwa - Aide Social Work

Department: City of Alb-Early InterventionFTE: 1.00 Full Time

Shift: Days

Position Summary: Assists Care Management staff in providing care management services, and assists in some aspects of the admissions and discharge process to facilitate smooth and timely admission and discharge. Ensures adherence to Hospital and Departmental Policies and Procedures. Patient care assignment may include; Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups. Detailed responsibilities:

PAY ASSISTANCE: Upon referral from various sources, assists with meals, lodging, and transportation; identifies payment sources and completing forms (SSI/ISD) to facilitate appropriate admissions and timely dischargesPAY ASSISTANCE - Makes phone contacts with appropriate agencies to get funds for meals, lodging, and other servicesPAY ASSISTANCE - Assists with meal ticket billingPAY ASSISTANCE - Develops and maintains resources for local psycho-social health related servicesDATA ENTRY - Use computer to access and input patient informationADMINISTRATION - Documents patient care services; completes statisticsPATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocolsPATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processesPATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue riskPATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely mannerPATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Qualifications: Related Education and Experience may be substituted for one another on a year for year basis.

Education: Essential:

• High School or GED Equivalent
• Vocational or Technical Nonessential:
• Associate Degree Education specialization: Essential:
• Related - Post High School Nonessential:
• Related Discipline

Experience: Essential:

• No minimum experience required
• Nonessential:
• Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo

Credentials: Essential:

Working conditions: Essential:

• No or min hazard, physical risk, office environment
• Subject to random alcohol and substance testing
• Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Department: Behavioral and Mental Health